Essentials of Online Course Design

Marjorie Vai has been directly involved with online education and training for 25 years. Most recently she designed and developed the online graduate program in teaching English at The New School, USA. Kristen Sosulski is Director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and Clinical Associate Professor of Information Systems at New York University, Stern School of Business, USA.

• Foreword, from the first editionPreface, from the first editionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to this GuideChapter 1: Orientation to Online Teaching and LearningChapter 2: Elements of an Online Course: A TourChapter 3: Language and Writing StyleChapter 4: Visual Design BasicsChapter 5: Engaging the Online LearnerChapter 6: Activities and Tools: Working Collaboratively and IndependentlyChapter 7: Resources that EngageChapter 8: Assessment and FeedbackChapter 9: Building the Course Foundation: Outcomes, Syllabus, and Course OutlineChapter 10: Structuring the Course Content: The Online PresentationAppendix A: Writing Learning OutcomesAppendix B: Using the Standards ChecklistReferencesIndex

"If I had to choose a single book to share with a faculty member about how to design and teach an online or blended course, or with an instructional designer partnering with that faculty member, that book would be Essentials of Online Course Design: A Standards-Based Guide, Second Edition. In this concise, clear, and well-written volume, Marjorie Vai and Kristen Sosulski provide a methodology for online and blended course design that is informed by learning theory and seasoned by practical experience. This is the standard reference guide that those of us involved in online and blended learning will be keeping close at hand."Joshua Kim, Ph.D., Director of Digital Learning Initiatives, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), Dartmouth College, USA, and Blogger for Inside Higher Ed - Technology and Learning